Hey folks,
Thank you for the concern and praise, in both this and the
other thread from last year. I've only been a City of Heroes GM since 2008, while GM Roland had actually been with the team since the launch of City of Villains. We'd been the top tier of all support for the longest amount of time, so that's probably why long community memories include us.
Yes, I'm still working at NCsoft for the foreseeable future. Yes, we're very busy with
another game you've probably heard about.
City of Heroes always had a great community, but it didn't come easy. I know the developers gained a lot from suggestions made on these forums, and my team always appreciated the filter through which not-so-great ideas had to pass if anyone was going to pay them much mind. I'll give the Community Teams over the years credit for enforcing the rules here, but ultimately, it's the quality of the players within that community that matters more. CoH's community never lacked for pillars.
This will be my last post, and please don't send me private messages. I just wanted to say this much, and be gone again. The best GMs have always been there when you needed us, and not too much longer.
The fun you make was between yourselves and what the developers were able to provide. I encountered very few players I didn't consider smart and capable of finding their own joy in the entertainment they chose. My job was always to find that missing or obscured piece of information, or correct a minor mistake that stood between players and what they wanted, so they could get back to having fun on their own terms.
I couldn't always do it the way you wanted. But I always tried. We weren't perfect, and the way we handled things might have seemed impersonal at times. But we did it that way for a reason.
You deserve whatever joy you can make, however you choose to make it, with the respect and understanding that there are other people trying to have fun, too.
For whatever hammers I might have dropped on players in the name of rules enforcement, well:
It wasn't ever personal.
I tried my best to be fair.
I wish you all the best of enjoyment, wherever you look for it.
Best,
GM Lloyd
City of Heroes Support Team
